The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers: With a Biographical Sketch, and Notes |
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... court , Once the calm scene of many a simple sport ; When all things pleased , for life itself was new , And the heart promised what the fancy drew . See , through the fractured pediment revealed , Where moss PLEASURES OF MEMORY - Part I.
... court , Once the calm scene of many a simple sport ; When all things pleased , for life itself was new , And the heart promised what the fancy drew . See , through the fractured pediment revealed , Where moss PLEASURES OF MEMORY - Part I.
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... heart's light laugh pursued the circling jest ; And all was sunshine in each little breast . ' Twas here we chased the slipper by the sound ; And turned the blindfold hero round and round . ' T was here , at eve , we formed our fairy ...
... heart's light laugh pursued the circling jest ; And all was sunshine in each little breast . ' Twas here we chased the slipper by the sound ; And turned the blindfold hero round and round . ' T was here , at eve , we formed our fairy ...
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... heart . That faithful monitor ' t was heaven to hear , When soft it spoke a promised pleasure near ; And has its sober hand , its simple chime , Forgot to trace the feathered feet of Time ? That massive beam , with curious carvings ...
... heart . That faithful monitor ' t was heaven to hear , When soft it spoke a promised pleasure near ; And has its sober hand , its simple chime , Forgot to trace the feathered feet of Time ? That massive beam , with curious carvings ...
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... heart danced , and life was in its spring ; Alas ! unconscious of the kindred earth , That faintly echoed to the voice of mirth . The glow - worm loves her emerald - light to shed Where now the sexton rests his hoary head . Oft , as he ...
... heart danced , and life was in its spring ; Alas ! unconscious of the kindred earth , That faintly echoed to the voice of mirth . The glow - worm loves her emerald - light to shed Where now the sexton rests his hoary head . Oft , as he ...
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... fades ; yet all , with magic art , Control the latent fibres of the heart . As studious PROSPERO'S mysterious spell Drew every subject - spirit to his cell ; Each , at thy call , advances or retires , 68 PLEASURES OF MEMORY .
... fades ; yet all , with magic art , Control the latent fibres of the heart . As studious PROSPERO'S mysterious spell Drew every subject - spirit to his cell ; Each , at thy call , advances or retires , 68 PLEASURES OF MEMORY .
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